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  <title>Buying a scanner to create shells of objects and portraits.</title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Does anyone own a scanner? Is it hard to scan a object and then create shells for it? For example for a mouse or just random things. Also I want to create portraits and bobble heads.]]></description>
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  <dc:creator>razvanel</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2012-12-20T04:31:18-00:00</dc:date>
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  <title>Re: Buying a scanner to create shells of objects and portraits.</title>
  <link>http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&amp;goto=58953&amp;th=12077#msg_58953</link>
  <description><![CDATA[If you have a phone, you have a <a href="http&#58;&#47;&#47;www.123dapp.com/catch" target="_blank">scanner</a> . actually a better camera than the one on your phone would be better.]]></description>
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  <dc:creator>Youknowwho4eva</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2012-12-20T14:10:43-00:00</dc:date>
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  <title>Re: Buying a scanner to create shells of objects and portraits.</title>
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  <description><![CDATA[would that have exact dimensions?]]></description>
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  <dc:creator>razvanel</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2012-12-22T02:33:47-00:00</dc:date>
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  <title>Re: Buying a scanner to create shells of objects and portraits.</title>
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  <description><![CDATA[&quot;Exact dimensions?&quot; - I would say &quot;no&quot;. <br />
<br />
The conversion tools like 123dCatch are not all that accurate, and the quality of the final model depends a lot on: 1) the quality of your pictures, 2) the size of the subject, and 3) the distance you are from the subject.<br />
<br />
You will need measure the object using other tools then scale the model appropriately.]]></description>
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  <dc:creator>stonysmith</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2012-12-22T03:19:20-00:00</dc:date>
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  <title>Re: Buying a scanner to create shells of objects and portraits.</title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Ok, back to my initial question, if I was to buy a professional scanner, is it hard to use?]]></description>
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  <dc:creator>razvanel</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2012-12-22T04:19:44-00:00</dc:date>
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  <title>Re: Buying a scanner to create shells of objects and portraits.</title>
  <link>http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&amp;goto=59168&amp;th=12077#msg_59168</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Just as with 3D printers, there is a very close correlation between cost and results with scanners. David laser scanner costs pennies, there is a reason pro systems cost six figures. On the low end of &quot;real&quot; scanners, you have systems like Next Engine ($2-3K), which are not too hard to operate in terms of capturing the raw data, but getting good results is labor instensive and can require a lot of skill, experience, and usually expensive software. Working the whole day solid, expect to scan maybe two or three complete objects, resulting in models that will need a lot of cleanup and editing to be printed. That is why pro systems still sell well at prices from $40,000-$200,000.<br />
<br />
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  <dc:creator>ThreeForm</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2012-12-24T17:32:41-00:00</dc:date>
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